Sorry, but Toxxulia Forrest was not this foggy in 1999

[Smellybuttface]

Originally Posted by jimm0thy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Kelethin had a much smaller clip plane originally, on the ground you couldn't see the other side of the city like that

I disagree. Of all the zones from back in the day, I spent MANY hours in Gray. I could see a decent bit further than I can now. It’s possible 20 years has heavily distorted what I thought i perceived, but it’s not a small minority of people that see the current clip plane as unusually low.

[jimm0thy]

Originally Posted by Smellybuttface [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I disagree. Of all the zones from back in the day, I spent MANY hours in Gray. I could see a decent bit further than I can now. It’s possible 20 years has heavily distorted what I thought i perceived, but it’s not a small minority of people that see the current clip plane as unusually low.

I'm sure that the clip plane is too low over in gfay as well, haven't been there though. But you surely couldn't see the other side of the city back in the day, from what I remember you could see about halfway across when standing at POD lift.

[Telin]

Try to get ones with classic era UI's or resolution. The clip planes were definitely raised at some point.

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[nyclin]

Originally Posted by Telin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Try to get ones with classic era UI's or resolution. The clip planes were definitely raised at some point.

I'd argue that screenshots taken at 800x600 or 1024x768 were likely from low-end computers with the clip plane turned down to improve performance. Screenshots 1152x864 or higher would be more reliably indicative of the maximum clip plane at the time.

[DMN]

Only thing I remember about ye olde vanilla clipping plane was that when i teleported to the ring in misty thicket with my druid I could just barely see the nearest zone edge and always used that as a sort of marker to get my bearings and to RV as quick as possible

[Dolalin]

Keep in mind that it's possible people were keeping their clip planes down to increase fps. I know for sure that I was, I had a P200 with a Voodoo2 and kept it as low as possible because EQ wasn't playable otherwise.

You could pull your clip range in even further than the max clip for these zones I believe.

[DMN]

Originally Posted by Dolalin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Keep in mind that it's possible people were keeping their clip planes down to increase fps. I know for sure that I was, I had a P200 with a Voodoo2 and kept it as low as possible because EQ wasn't playable otherwise.

I don't think you could change the clipping plane until like kunark.

[Dolalin]

Originally Posted by DMN [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't think you could change the clipping plane until like kunark.

October 28, 1999.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Patch_N...Enhancements_3

[Sithrak]

These aren't specifically related to Toxxulia, but they show just how far away you could see in the older client.

March 7th, 2000, at the docks in East Freeport. Look at how far away you used to be able to see the boat and other terrain. You have to walk onto the boat dock to be able to see this far right now.
https://www.wingedmammal.com/action_...o_000307.shtml

Here's a screenshot from March 9th, 2000, showing how far you used to be able to see in North Karana. You can see the terrain past the tower and the river into what would be South Karana.
http://www.wingedmammal.com/action_p...o_000309.shtml

The next few are from a Reddit post I found where someone uploaded all their old screenshots from the Xegony server. Almost 700 images to look through.
https://old.reddit.com/r/everquest/c...y_screenshots/

Another one from East Freeport. Look how clear it is all the way past the entrance.
https://imgur.com/a/FHPwN#rFYuHaw

Lavastorm - http://imgur.com/a/FHPwN#9dlzE9Z

Greater Faydark - http://imgur.com/a/FHPwN#gm3z1fb

And this Reddit thread which has a link to an Imgur album from 1999 up to Velious. 436 more pics to look through.
https://old.reddit.com/r/everquest/c...d_screenshots/
http://imgur.com/a/k2OvZ

[jimm0thy]

Originally Posted by Sithrak [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

These aren't specifically related to Toxxulia, but they show just how far away you could see in the older client.

March 7th, 2000, at the docks in East Freeport. Look at how far away you used to be able to see the boat and other terrain. You have to walk onto the boat dock to be able to see this far right now.
https://www.wingedmammal.com/action_...o_000307.shtml

Here's a screenshot from March 9th, 2000, showing how far you used to be able to see in North Karana. You can see the terrain past the tower and the river into what would be South Karana.
http://www.wingedmammal.com/action_p...o_000309.shtml

The next few are from a Reddit post I found where someone uploaded all their old screenshots from the Xegony server. Almost 700 images to look through.
https://old.reddit.com/r/everquest/c...y_screenshots/

Another one from East Freeport. Look how clear it is all the way past the entrance.
https://imgur.com/a/FHPwN#rFYuHaw

Lavastorm - http://imgur.com/a/FHPwN#9dlzE9Z

Greater Faydark - http://imgur.com/a/FHPwN#gm3z1fb

And this Reddit thread which has a link to an Imgur album from 1999 up to Velious. 436 more pics to look through.
https://old.reddit.com/r/everquest/c...d_screenshots/
http://imgur.com/a/k2OvZ

Very nice, and a lot to look through